Outbreak by Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 Isolates with Carbapenem Resistance in a Tertiary Hospital in China

Hypervirulent and multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains pose a significant threat to the public health. In the present study, 21 carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae isolates (CRKP) were determined by the string test as hypermucoviscous K. pneumoniae (HMKP), with the prevalence of 15.0% (2...

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Published in:Front Cell Infect Microbiol
Main Authors: Zhan, Lingling, Wang, Shanshan, Guo, Yinjuan, Jin, Ye, Duan, Jingjing, Hao, Zhihao, Lv, Jingnan, Qi, Xiuqin, Hu, Longhua, Chen, Liang, Kreiswirth, Barry N., Zhang, Rong, Pan, Jingye, Wang, Liangxing, Yu, Fangyou
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Microbiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5432538/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28560183
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00182
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